Print Week articles from February 2003

Print Week archives from February 2003

New roles for Povey, Ogden and Scott.(James Povey, Philip Ogden, Tony Scott )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Three of the biggest names in UK web offset are this week heading for new roles. Jarrold Printing sales and marketing director James Povey is returning to Polestar as marketing director for UK print, after two-and-a-half years at the...

Hard times ahead, claims Heidelberg.(Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Heidelberg chief executive Bernhard Schreier does not expect to see 'any substantial recovery in the company's key markets', after the German press manufacturer saw its net profit reversed to a loss and lowered its expectations for the current...

CGI sales boss quits company.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Cunningham Graphics International Europe (CGI), the financial research printer, has announced that sales director Barry Field has resigned after six years at the company. Deputy managing director Peter Quin, who was previously sales...

Pindar pleased with strong '02.(Pindar Graphics London)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Pindar directors believe the group is 'well equipped to tackle the current global economic challenges' after filing strong results for 2002. Sales at the Scarborough-based group, which spans long-run web print, catalogue creation systems...

Agfa profits ahead of target.(AGFA Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Agfa is set to exceed its target for net profit in 2002, with a figure in excess of pounds 119m (EUR180m), when it releases its final results on 6 March. This marks a return to profit, which it attributes to the effects of its Horizon plan. In...

STOP PRESS: Print completes installation.(Mirror Colour Print installs Krause LS Jet CTP platesetters)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Mirror Colour Print has completed installation of its 10 Krause LS Jet CTP platesetters, with the final two installed at its Cardonald plant. This followed installations at Watford and Oldham, which began in July 2002.

STOP PRESS: Appointment at York & Ford.(Jill Mannix joins York and Ford Paper)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Former Independent Paper managing director Jill Mannix has joined merchant group York & Ford in a 'roving marketing role'. Mannix left Independent Paper last year (PrintWeek, 18 October 2002).

STOP PRESS: Norske Skog to cut jobs.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Norske Skog, the world's second largest newsprint producer, is to cut 1,500 jobs worldwide, or more than 20% of its workforce, over the next two years.

STOP PRESS: Periodical Publishers doubles turnover.(Periodical Publishers Association; contract publishing industry statistics)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... The Periodical Publishers Association has revealed that research showed the contract publishing industry doubled its turnover between 1997 and last year, exceeding pounds 300m.

STOP PRESS: Smyth Horne trading uncertain.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... The trading status of London-based finishing equipment supplier Smyth Horne was uncertain as PrintWeek went to press. The firm was not answering its phone, and a source said he believed that it had closed with the loss of at least five jobs.

Violent incidents will end, vows APP.(Asia Pulp and Paper Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has said that it does not condone human rights violations, despite last month's call by Friends of the Earth (FoE) for UK merchants not to deal with the company. FoE's call followed a Human Rights Watch report that...

Spine-Creaser hits the market.(Tech-ni-Fold Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Tech-ni-fold is officially rolling out its new Spine-Creaser device for stitching lines. The Spine-Creaser was previewed in a beta version at Ipex last year as the Cova-Creaser. It can be retro-fitted to the cover feeders of Muller Martini...

'Key suppliers' in PPA scheme.(Periodical Publishers Association, printing industry suppliers to meet regularly )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... The printing industry is set to be represented on the PPA's new Strategic Partners scheme, according to chief executive Ian Locks. Under the scheme, the plan is for a 'limited number of the industry's key suppliers' to meet regularly to...

Walker joins Poligrafia.(Alex Walker, president, Poligrafia)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Alex Walker, the former managing director of RR Donnelley UK, has joined Polish web printer Poligrafia as president. Since leaving Donnelley in 1996, Walker has worked as a consultant. He described Poligrafia, the third largest printing company...

SHORTS: Imaginators installs wrap.(building wrap covers train terminus, Hamburg, Germany)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Essex-based Imaginators has installed a building wrap measuring 80x30m to cover the train terminus at Hamburg station. The 2,400 sq m image is part of the German city's bid to hold the 2012 Olympics.

SHORTS: Nale to trade as Vacuumatic.(Nale Industries Ltd. aquired by AEW-Delford Group, owner of Vacuumatic UK)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Nale Industries, the Andover company which produces the Ledascan range of optical verification systems, is to trade under the name Vacuumatic, with its main brand relaunched as LedaVision. The move follows Nale's acquisition by Vacuumatic owner...

SHORTS: Tall invests pounds 450,000.(Tall Group, new press, pre-press equipment)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... The Tall Group, the specialist cheques and credits printer, is to invest pounds 450,000 in new press and pre-press equipment in the next few months. The Hinckley company has recorded record group sales for 2002 of pounds 8m.

SHORTS: Beaton appointed at .(Malcolm Beaton, account manager, Tharstern Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Malcolm Beaton has been appointed Tharstern's account manager for London. He will be responsible for ensuring customers are getting the most from the MIS system supplied by Tharstern.

SHORTS: Kall Kwik update unit.(Kall Kwik UK replacing printing machinery)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Three Kall Kwik outlets - Windsor, Strand and Fleet Street - have updated their production unit in Slough by replacing a Heidelberg GTO with a Speedmaster SM52-5E five-colour press. The SM52 is working a double-day shift.

SHORTS: Trade associations form group.(Trade and Industry Forum of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspapermakers)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Trade associations representing print, paper, stationery and publishing have formed a new group under the umbrella of the Trade & Industry Forum of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspapermakers. The group has committed to working...

SHORTS: Esko-Graphics and NCS announce agreement.(NCS Integrated Solutions; DeskPack workflow solutions distribution )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Esko-Graphics and NCS Integrated Solutions have announced a formal agreement to distribute DeskPack workflow solutions in the UK market. NCS offers strategic advice to the print and graphic arts industries.

SHORTS: ODC appoints director.(On Demand Communications, Derrick Simpson, director of franchise development )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Derrick Simpson has been appointed director of franchise development for On Demand Communications (ODC), the holding company for Prontaprint and Kall Kwik. Simpson was ODC's head of franchise sales.

SHORTS: Howitt Offshore appoints.(Howitt Offshore Ltd., John Dodsworth, sales director)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... John Dodsworth has joined Howitt Offshore as sales director, reporting to the Channel Islands-based company's managing director John Holland.

SHORTS: LBM launches database product.(LBM House)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Direct marketing agency LBM has launched a database product that it says will allow printers to target office supplies companies more effectively. The unnamed package, due to launch this month, predicts companies' stationery and printing...

SHORTS: Membership grows by 40%.(European Screen Printing Manufacturers Association )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Membership of the European Screen Printing Manufacturers Association grew 40% last year to 38 members, with other specialist printers, such as digital printers, being included for the first time.

SHORTS: Curtis Fine Papers appoints.( Alban Denton, managing director)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Curtis Fine Papers has made Alban Denton its new managing director. He replaces Allan Milne, who is to retire.

Shuttleworth and PrintWeek join up to hold forum.(Shuttleworth Business Systems one-day Strategies for Success conference )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... PrintWeek has teamed up with MIS supplier Shuttleworth to stage a one-day Strategies for Success conference in London next month. The event, at the Institute of Directors on 11 March, forms part of PrintWeek's Pride in Print initiative and...

Potts makes move to de-list from AIM.(Thomas Potts PLC, Alternative Investment Market )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Thomas Potts has made moves to de-list from the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), after what chairman Stephen Hargrave has called a 'catastrophic' year of trading. Hargrave said the board had taken the decision to call an EGM, scheduled...

More Quebecor job cuts due to weak demand.(Quebecor World Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Severe pricing pressure and weak demand has forced Quebecor World to cut more jobs, although it is unknown if UK workers will be affected. The firm has announced that 364 jobs are to go this year, on top of 505 redundancies up to December...

Z-Card director linked to failed Z-Media Group.(David H Johns, director of Z-Card Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... David H Johns, a former director of Z-Media Group, which went into administrative receivership on 14 January, has emerged as a director of Z-Card Ltd, the company that acquired the assets of Z-Finishing (PrintWeek, 24 January). This was...

Creo looks set to triumph in Printcafe bidding war.(Creo Products Inc. plans to acquire PrintCafe Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Barring unforeseen events Creo has won the race to buy Printcafe. In a SEC filing Creo stated it 'viewed its investment in Printcafe as an integral part of its long term business strategy and accordingly would not consider reducing or...

Religious service awaits Lithomans.(Jehovah's Witnesses print plant to install Man Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Lithoman III machines)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... The Jehovah's Witnesses print plant in London will be the first to install one of the seven MAN Roland Lithoman IIIs ordered by the religious organisation. Installation at the Mill Hill site will begin in July, with the 64pp machine coming...

Technotrans halves UK staff.(Technotrans Graphics Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Thirty-nine jobs are to be cut at Colchester-based Technotrans Graphics. The bombshell follows the company's decision to switch manufacture of its press cooling systems to Germany by April. The company cited a downturn in business and...

Cheshires in talks on job cuts.(Cheshires ColourMail restructuring and job losses )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Kidderminster-based printer Cheshires ColourMail is looking to make redundancies, but has denied that over half its 70-strong workforce could be laid off. But works director Alan Watts admitted Cheshires had lost its biggest customer,...

Print group settles with fired director.(Midlands Publishing Holdings, Keith McLardy settle out of court )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Midlands Publishing Holdings has paid its former finance director Keith McLardy pounds 10,000 after settling out of court on the day of his employment tribunal. McLardy joined the company last August (PrintWeek, 16 August 2002) but was...

Buxton adds eight-colour B1.(Buxton Press purchases KBA 105 eight-colour B1 perfector)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Magazine printer Buxton Press has bought a third KBA 105 eight-colour B1 perfector, and another is on the way in 12 months' time. Buxton had considered purchasing another 10-colour press, to go with the UK's first 10-colour KBA Rapida 105,...

Former print boss avoids jail.(Stephen Riddle, James Lovat, Grangewood Ltd.; Roger Crow, Hungarian International Bank)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... A former print boss accused of conspiring to steal from the Hungarian International Bank (HIB) has been handed a suspended 21-month prison sentence. James Lovat, 56, a former partner in dissolved London print company Grangewood (Sales &...

Legal Notices.(notices in London Gazette)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... This information is extracted from the print- and publishing-related notices that appear in the London Gazette. Further information is available from its website at: www.london-gazette.co.uk WINDING UP ORDERS Complete Colour Printers Ltd...

ECRM targets CTP users with Mako 4.(ECRM Inc.; computer-to-plate )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... ECRM is hoping to adopt the position in CTP that it enjoyed in imagesetters with the launch of the B2-format Mako 4. The firm hopes that the easy-to-use, simple and reliable design will appeal to ECRM imagesetter users. 'We've got such...

ProoFit to get its first outing.(Advanced Vision Technology Ltd. to exhibit ProoFit at Flexo 2003 )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... ProoFit, the automatic system to check hard-copy output against digital artwork, is to be exhibited for the first time in Europe at Flexo 2003 in Birmingham next month. Developed by Israel-based Advanced Vision Technology (AVT), ProoFit is...

Krause shows off platesetter.(Krause-Biagosch GmbH, LaserStar Edition )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Krause is launching its latest violet platesetter, aimed at medium-to large-sized printers, at this month's Graphispag exhibition. The LaserStar Edition can output 21 B1 plates per hour to a resolution of 2,400dpi, or 35 plates to...

Ihara launches digital dotmeter.(Ihara Electronic Industry Company Ltd., P350 Digital Plate Reader )(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Japanese firm Ihara has launched a digital dotmeter. The P350 Digital Plate Reader uses a CMOS sensor to measure dot area. It can measure conventional and stochastic screens on metal and polyester plates. Analysis of screen angle and ruling and...

SHORTS: Positive Focus announces price cut.(Positive Focus Inc., Serendipity Software Propietary Ltd., BlackMagic Bureau price cut)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Positive Focus, distributor of Serendipity Software's BlackMagic proofing software, has announced a price cut for BlackMagic Bureau. Prices for Bureau and the B3 two-up version will start at around pounds 3,000 for software only, or pounds...

SHORTS: Fuji Hunt achieves ISO 14001.(Fuji Hunt UK manufacturing plant certification, Sint Niklaas, Belgium)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Fuji Hunt, the photochemistry wing of Fujifilm, has achieved ISO 14001 certification for its manufacturing plant in Sint Niklaas, Belgium. The certification is valid for three years, but is part of Fuji Hunt's long-term plan that the whole...

SHORTS: Asahi to show fast-frame.(Asahi Photoproducts; Flexo 2003 exhibition)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Asahi will be showing its new fast-frame technology, and two new AFP materials, digital DSH and analogue AFP SH, on its stand at this year's Flexo 2003 exhibition. Asahi will also be showing its water wash APR system.

SHORTS: Markzware releases ID2Q.(Markzware Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Markzware has released ID2Q, a new QuarkXTension for converting Adobe InDesign 1.5 and 2.0 files to QuarkXPress 4 or 5 format. The price is pounds 129, but until the end of February it will be available for pounds 109. For a demo, go to...

SHORTS: Imacon shipping camera back.(Ixpress digital camera, launches new website)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Imacon is now shipping its Ixpress digital camera back, launched at Photokina 2002 last Autumn. In support Imacon has launched a new website dedicated to the Ixpress - www.ixpress.dk.

SHORTS: Screen to offer study tour.(Screen UK)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Screen is to offer a 10-day study tour in Tokyo from 21 September to 1 October 2003, following the success of its study tour to the IGAS exhibition in 1999. The trip includes a visit to IGAS and a trip to Kyoto to visit Screen's manufacturing...

SHORTS: HighWater and Compose shipping RIPs.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... HighWater and Compose System are now shipping the first RIPs to use Eclipse, the latest version of the Harlequin RIP. HighWater's Torrent v6 features a new in-RIP trapping engine, TrapPro, and support for Adobe in-RIP trapping rules and PDF...

SHORTS: Extensis announces Portfolio availability.(Portfolio version 6.1)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Extensis has announced the availability of its digital asset management tool Portfolio for Mac OS X. Portfolio 6.1 offers a redesigned user interface and long filename support. It can be downloaded from the Extensis website and is available...

SHORTS: JPY to hold software seminars.(Helios and Canto software seminars)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... JPY is holding a series of seminars on the latest versions of the Helios and Canto software. It will hold three one-day sessions in March on Helios' fourth-generation OPI software. The first event will be on 4 March in London followed by one in...

CAP report predicts widespread adoption of CRM.(CAP Ventures, customer relationship management report)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... This year will see widespread integration of content software systems and customer relationship management (CRM) programmes, according to the latest research from CAP Ventures. The firm's latest 80pp report, You Can't Build CRM Without...

March date set for PODi digital workflow event.(digital printing initiative, European Applications Forum)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... PODi, the digital printing initiative, is to hold its first European Applications Forum in Rome on 3-4 March. The event will give digital printers and vendors a chance to catch up with the latest software applications and hardware in...

Pims has success as iGen3 beta site.(switches to digital print)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Europe's first Xerox iGen3, at Pims in north London, slashed production costs for colour book covers without customers knowing it had switched to digital print. As well as cutting costs, the move allowed Pims to use its B2 litho presses,...

Xeikon awards in seventh year.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Xeikon has launched its seventh Xeikon Diamond Awards, in which customers can send in their best jobs that have been printed on Xeikon equipment. This year for the first time the awards are open to all Xeikon-based digital presses, which...

Thanet invests in a Digimaster.(Thanet Press has installed a Heidelberg Digimaster 9110)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Margate-based Thanet Press has installed a Heidelberg Digimaster 9110 in a bid to increase its personalised work. The machine will run up to 24 hours a day in three shifts as the company said customers in half its six business areas -...

HP Indigo w3200 gets European debut.(HP Indigo launches first commercial web press)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... HP Indigo launched the Indigo Press w3200 to the European market at the Hunkeler Innovation Days event in Zofingen, Switzerland this week. This is HP Indigo's first commercial web press. It was previewed at Drupa 2000 as the Publisher 4000...

Smith Anderson to commence UK carton recycling.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Smith Anderson has set up a joint initiative with the Liquid Food Carton Manufacturers Association (LFCMA) to establish the UK's first commercial facility for recycling beverage cartons back into the paper stream, as part of a pounds 500,000...

UPM and Stora hit by weak markets.(down results for UPM-Kymmene and Stora Enso)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... UPM-Kymmene and Stora Enso have given the strongest indication yet that more than just temporary downtime will be required if market conditions don't improve. UPM-Kymmene president and chief executive Juha Niemela said: 'The demand for...

Sappi's results on rise despite a slow quarter.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Sappi has reported encouraging results for its first quarter, with sales and operating profits up significantly, despite what the producer termed a 'sluggish' period. Sappi's executive chairman Eugene van As said the results were...

M6 offers new paper range in lower weights.(M6 Papers)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... M6 Papers, part of the Buhrmann Group has launched Bluewater Satin, a new range of woodfree double-blade-coated papers boasting unique grammages. The new grade is available from 85gsm to 190gsm in both sheet and web formats, and is...

Threat of lengthy war troubles woodfree market.(pulp market prices may be raised if U.S. declares war on Iraq)
February 7, 2003... Downward pricing pressure remains in the woodfree market following the wave of recent pulp price rises, but talk of war dominates, writes Andy Scott. One source said the woodfree sector had suffered weaker demand for uncoated woodfree...

New Unilever deal for HH Associates.(wins extension of print management contract)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... HH Associates has won a pounds 1m extension to its print management contract with Unilever. The Surrey-based firm has worked for a year with two of the industrial giant's operating companies: Lever Faberge and Unilever Bestfoods. As...

SR wins telecoms DM contract.(SR Communications has won the direct mail production services contract for First National Telecoms)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... SR Communications has won the direct mail production services contract for internet and telecommunications provider First National Telecoms. London-based SR Communications is now responsible for producing two monthly mailings for First...

Word presents challenge.(St. Ives Roche prints Development Hell's new Word magazine)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Word, the new monthly music and entertainment magazine launched this week, presented St Ives with a challenge. 'It was quite a tricky cover,' explained St Ives Plymouth production controller Chris Lewis. 'It was a half-page with double hit...

Derby deal for Esparto Digital.(Derby City Council awards printing contract)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Esparto Digital has successfully re-pitched for a pounds 50,000 one-year contract with Derby City Council. Esparto, which has handled the business for the last three years, will produce personalised council tax and business rates bills,...

EU Tenders.(printing industry contracts in European Union)
February 7, 2003... Below is a selection of the latest public EU contracts in the printing sector. Please read the important notes at the foot of the page, as PrintWeek cannot supply any additional information or pass on your details Printing Deadline:...

COMMENT: Gulf War is not the only threat from the East.(eastern European printers)
February 7, 2003... Looking east with a sense of impending doom seems to take up a great deal of my time at the moment. And that of many in the industry, no doubt. The spectre of another Gulf War is on a personal level horrifying and on a business level...

OPINION: Survival of the fittest in 2003 M&A climate.(mergers and acquisitions)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Entrepreneurs typically look to their futures at the start of the year. Often having spent years creating wealth for others high flyers may consider establishing their own companies. Some owner-managers will be looking to realise their...

ANALYSIS: Industry bodies divided over debate on trade union powers.
February 7, 2003... A mooted increase to trade union powers has caused dissent among the industry bodies. The call by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) for the Government not to bolster trade union power has provoked predictably conflicting...

WALLIS: Plateless DI may be down, but it's certainly not out.(direct imaging)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... At the risk of annoying technocrats, I suggest that direct imaging (DI) presses can be split simply into two groups: those that employ printing plates and those that do not. Persistent estimates indicate that something in excess of 2,000 of...

OPINION: Will remote proofing replace hard copy?(Column)
February 7, 2003... Earlier this week RTI tabled a discussion on the future of remote proofing. Barney Cox reports the conclusions What are the benefits and applications of remote proofing? Is that even the right terminology? Last Monday (3 February) software...

THE TOP TEN GREAT BRITISH PRINTERS.
February 7, 2003... It was no easy task to select the top visionaries from an industry flushed with innovators. Caroline Archer details Britain's finest Although Johannes Gutenberg invented moveable type printing in 1450, it was another quarter of a century...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Product of the Week - Printcafe PrintFlow.(Product/Service Evaluation)
February 7, 2003... Printcafe's PrintFlow aims to help you identify and eliminate the weakest link in your production. Annoying as she is, who wouldn't be Anne Robinson for the day if you could eliminate the weakest link in your factory? What if before you...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Me & My Machine - Vutek UltraVu 2360 SC.(Product/Service Evaluation)
February 7, 2003... O'Neil Modern Media has had no problems finding work for its second Vutek press, finds David Woodward O'Neil Modern Media's Justin Bier knows all about deadlines. Back in August, the printer and laminator of advertising boards for sports...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Buyers' Guide - Drills, die-cutters & ram punches.(Product/Service Evaluation)
February 7, 2003... Darryl Danielli takes a look at the ever-expanding market for drills, die-cutters and ram punches Drills are designed to cut holes - exclusively circular holes - in stacks of paper. They can be table-top or floor-standing, with any number...

JO'S HELP LINE: Jo Francis tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles.(questions and answers)
February 7, 2003... Case bind Please help, I have had this question many times but have never found a real answer. I am an estimator for Perivan White Dove in Southend, and I am trying to find a case binder (I imagine mechanical) who can produce case-bound...

INSITE: www.firstimpression.co.uk.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... Insite has been suffering of late from SAD syndrome - too many grey days writing about grey presses can take its toll. So this week we thought we'd cheer ourselves up with a virtual trip to, er, sunny Camberwell. Our friends at First...

DIARY DATES.(Calendar)
February 7, 2003... Graphispag 2003 10-16 February Barcelona Contact www.graphispag.com Flexo 2003 4-6 March Birmingham Contact www.flexoexpo.com Annual Livery Lecture 10 March Stationers' Hall London Contact 020 7248 2934 CeBIT...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Tried & Tested - Heidelberg Signasetter & Signasetter Pro.(Product/Service Evaluation)
February 7, 2003... Even in the era of CTP, a reliable imagesetter like the Signasetter is still a popular emergency back-up The Signasetter and Signasetter Pro may have had a relatively short lifespan, but in the four years of their joint lives they sold...

PRINT'S PAST: The Lasercomp.(graphic imagesetter from Monotype)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... By 1981 a new age in printing had been reached: offset litho was established, photocomposition was no longer new, and computers had reared their heads. However, there were still some tasks excluded from the new age: producing complex...

POST SCRIPT: Duplo MD finishes race without egg on his face.(Duplo International Ltd. managing director Robin Greenhalgh competes in automobile race)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... The curvaceous lines are admired with covetous, lust-filled eyes by all Frenchmen. No, not Vanessa Paradis, but their very own Joe le Taxi in the shape of the much-maligned Citroen Deaux Chevaux (2CV). Duplo International group managing...

POST SCRIPT: Who prints that then? - Footie Valentine's cards.(Real-Print offers personalized Valentine's Cards depicting soccer teams)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2003... If you want to curve one around the defensive wall of your other half this Valentine's Day, then look no further than your second true love, football. Whether you support Liverpool or Leyton Orient you can send a personalised Valentine's...

POST SCRIPT: Memory Lane.
February 7, 2003... 1 year ago Over 200 jobs were saved at Polestar Greaves as staff voted to accept proposals... St Ives closed its Gillingham plant... Fulmar acquired pounds 7m-turnover Quadracolor... Colin Moseley, former finance director of Canvey...